Definition of "pompion" []

• Alternative form of pumpion. (noun)

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• "'Yes,' he said, 'the pompion is a good vegetable, and an excellent succedaneum to the cabbage, in the latter part of the winter.'"
• "in fact, comes from the old French pompion, meaning "cooked by the sun," or ripe."
• "The fruit is either round like a pompion, or long."